System preferences/icloud become's unresponsive

I'm trying to change some icloud settings. Just updated to mountain lion this week.  Everytime I click 'icloud' under system preferences, it automatically becomes unresponsive & I have to 'force quit' or it just sit's & does nothing.

It seems it fixed on its own. Everything is working properly now.

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  • HT204053 I changed my AppleID in System Preferences, but the old ID comes up under iCloud and I get an error box saying my "ID or password are incorrect".  How do I get rid of the old ID which now doesn't work with either my old or new password??

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    Yes that makes sense, however have you updated it at My Apple ID before trying to change it in your system preferences > iCloud settings, you must do that first.

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    In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iCloud account on your computer, you need to sign out of the account from your computer first, then sign back in using your updated details. (System Preferences > iCloud, click the sign out button).
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